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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 Current Report
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2006

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                               BIOENVISION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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                                    Delaware
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


              000-24875                                  13-4025857
        (Commission File No.)                 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                           345 Park Avenue, 41st Floor
                            New York, New York 10154
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

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       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 750-6700


                                       N/A
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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     CFR 230.425)

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     240.14a-12)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

         On November 9, 2006, the Company issued a press release reporting first
quarter financial results. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
report.

         The  release  furnished  as Exhibit  99.1 to this Report  contains  the
following non-GAAP measure: Net loss applicable to common shareholders  adjusted
to  exclude a  one-time  charge  associated  with the  Company  entering  into a
licensing agreement with Japan recorded for the quarter ended September 30, 2006
increased  $0.09  per  share  to $0.20  loss per  share  for the  quarter  ended
September 30, 2006.  (Refer below to our  reconciliation  table of GAAP net loss
applicable to common  shareholders  to the adjusted net loss available to common
shareholders).


         Reconciliation of Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measure

         Adjusted net loss applicable to common stockholders defined as net loss
applicable to common shareholders less one-time expense for the Japanese license
agreement  recorded  for  the  quarters  ended  September  30,  2006  and  2005,
respectively.




                                                                                           Quarter ended September 30,
                                                                                     2006                        2005
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Net loss applicable to common stockholders, as reported                                $(12,210,762)                $(4,889,660)

Add: One-time charge for Japanese license agreement                                       3,953,074                           -
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Adjusted net loss applicable to common stockholders                                     $(8,257,688)                $(4,889,660)
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Basic and diluted net loss per share of common stock, as reported
                                                                                             $(0.29)                     $(0.12)

Adjusted basic and diluted net loss per share of common stock
                                                                                             $(0.20)                     $(0.12)

Weighted-average shares used in computing basic & diluted net loss per share             41,456,942                  40,572,626



Note:  Adjusted net loss available to common  shareholders,  defined as net loss
available to common shareholders  adjusted for a one-time charge associated with
entering  into an  agreement  to license  clofarabine  in Japan  required  to be
recorded in the  statement  of  operations  is a non-U.S.  GAAP  measure used by
management in evaluating the performance of the Company's overall business.  The
Company  believes that this performance  measure  contributes to a more complete
understanding by investors of the overall results of the Company.  For the three
months ended  September  30,  2006,  the Company  recorded a one-time  charge of
$3,953,074  recorded as R&D expense  relating to the Company  signing a Japanese
licensing agreement.


         The  information  set  forth in the above  Item  2.02 and the  attached
Exhibit  99.1 is  furnished  to,  but  shall  not be  deemed  "filed"  with  the
Commission  for the  purposes of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"),  or otherwise  incorporated by reference
into any filing  pursuant to the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  or the
Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such a filing.





Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

         99.1     Press Release dated November 9, 2006.





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                                    SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                              BIOENVISION, INC.


Dated: November 9, 2006       By:  /s/ David P. Luci
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                                   David P. Luci
                                   Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and
                                   Corporate Secretary